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Chairman of the Judges\u2019 Panel \u00a0David Lazenby<\/p><\/div>\n

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Awards presenter Dennis Lennard<\/p><\/div>\n

The best of the construction industry was on display at the 2005 Structural Steel Design Awards presentation ceremony at London\u2019s Savoy hotel, according to Chairman of the judges David Lazenby. This was the first time the independent judges had addressed the ceremony, now in its 37th year.<\/p>\n

Mr Lazenby said this year\u2019s Award winners were an exciting group. \u201dThe Structural Steel Design Awards is one of the most coveted in the industry and we have to pay tribute to the sponsors Corus, the BCSA and the SCI for enabling the Awards to go forward and go from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Lazenby said there was never a correlation between the number of entries and the quality of entries. There had been as many as 150 entries one year. He said:\u2019\u201d This year\u2019s results are exciting and truly good.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was an impressive variety of project entered for the Awards, from the \u201cbrutal scale\u201d of Corus\u2019 Concast facility to the elegance of a Rolling Bridge. Mr Lazenby said that visiting the projects entered for the Awards was often not entirely enjoyable due to adverse weather, but it was always interesting. \u201cWe enjoy our task as judges,\u201d he added. \u201cWe see the best of the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenting the Awards Dennis Lenard, Chief Executive Officer of Construction Excellence, said he was impressed by the quality of Award winners. He said: \u2018Keep doing what you are doing, but do it at a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Corus Construction and Industrial Managing Director Andrew Page<\/p><\/div>\n

Corus Construction and Industrial Managing Director Andrew Page introduced the Awards ceremony saying:\u201d The awards are an annual celebration of all things great about UK steel construction. All of the projects that are being recognised today demonstrate excellence in design and construction, and once again highlight the versatility of structural steel in use across a wide range of project types with a variety of demanding requirements.<\/p>\n

Mr Page said the projects are a credit to the ingenuity and skill of the project teams who fully deserved recognition for their outstanding work.\u00a0 He added: \u201cThe thing which strikes me most about all the winning projects is that they will all make such a positive contribution to their local built environment.\u00a0 They are quality structures designed and built with the user in mind.\u00a0 They will all stand as testimony to your skills long into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Page also supported the industry\u2019s clients for their vision in supporting work of such quality and longevity.\u00a0 All of them would eventually have outlived their need, and when they did they would be easy to demount for re-use or recycling. \u201cUniquely among construction materials, steel is 100% recyclable without any loss of quality and currently 99% of structural sections from buildings which have reached the end of their operational lives are recovered for reuse or recycling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IK was acknowledged as the world leader in structural steelwork design and construction, with almost 70% of all multi storey buildings and 95% of single storey buildings supported by a structural steel frame. Steel has captured over half of the market for bridges, defined by deck area.\u00a0 Over 30% of Corus group turnover is generated by construction and this is likely to increase as the sector increasingly adopts \u201cModern Methods of Construction\u201d, a concept that steel and the steel industry is uniquely suited to deliver.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201dThe steel construction industry remains buoyant in 2005 and the outlook is strong.\u00a0 The price rises through 2004 have stabilised and steel remains competitive against alternative materials.\u00a0 The price rises were quite sharp but effectively did no more than correct a prolonged slippage over the last decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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